Free French Speaking Game
A fun way to practice speaking French!
When teaching my own kids French, I always found teaching them to speak the most difficult part. I could use French during the day, go over vocabulary list after vocabulary list, and speak to them in French during lessons. But sometimes it just wouldn't stick.
That's why I started playing this game with them when practicing speaking during our lesson time. Kids LOVE to speak about themselves and everything they love, we all do! And that's why this game is the perfect way to really get them engaged in learning new vocabulary and using French to speak about everyday life!
In this free French unit, you'll find sentence stem cards. Some are full sentences that you can begin with, while others are more open-ended. These sentences revolve around 10 themes that use some of the most commonly used vocabulary.
The idea is to start by reading the sentence, then adding something simple onto it.
For example, starting with
"Je lis."
The next person could add on:
Je lis ... des livres.
Then it could continue, each person taking a turn:
Je lis des livres dans mon lit.
Je lis des livres dans mon lit tous les week-ends.
Je lis des livres dans mon lit tous les week-ends après le déjeuner.
Keep going until you really can't add on anymore!
I have also included some handy vocabulary sheets to use with the cards.
Here, kids can find some vocabulary to help them along, as well as a space to write down new words they have learned or their trasnlations.
The ten themes included in the unit are Myself and Likes, Family, School, Daily Routine, At Home, Food, Activities, Weather & Seasons, Vacations and Weekends, and Feelings. These are a great base to begin getting in more and more vocabulary every week!
I also recommend spiraling the older vocabulary questions you've used in other weeks as your progress. That way, you can be sure your learners are retaining everything they've learned!
After completing all of the units, you can continue using the question cards here and there as a gentle reminder of everything they learned.
